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Images of the week

Selected by picture editor Frank Miller

Fri 19 May 2017

WORLD SERIES: Cliff diver Orlando Duque takes the plunge from North Bank Lighthouse, Dublin Bay, to celebrate the return of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series to Ireland next month. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

BABY ELEPHANT: A male Asian elephant calf was born this week at Dublin Zoo. Proud mum Yasmin gave birth on Monday, May 15th, after a 22-month gestation. The calf is estimated to be 1 metre tall and weighs about 130kg. Photograph: Patrick Bolger Photography

FINAL RESULTS: The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has handed out final-year results to 274 medical students. Following a college tradition of more than 60 years, the results were called out to students at the St Stephen's Green campus. Picture shows Zoe Lynch, Chloe Doran (centre) and Sarah Hoolahan (left) celebrating their performance. Photograph: Julien Behal

COPTIC POPE: Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin greets Coptic Orthodox leader Pope Tawadros II and his delegation at Archbishop’s House in Dublin. It is the first time that Pope Tawadros visited Ireland as head of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Photograph: John McElroy

MUSIC FOR DOGS: Performance artist Laurie Anderson holds Sima after her concert, Music for Dogs, at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. Also in picture are, left, Isabel Araujo, of Brazil, with Megan; Rob McGlade, James's Street, Dublin, holding Rosie, and Felicia and Justin Carroll from Lusk. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

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HEALTHY IRELAND: Taoiseach Enda Kenny with seven-month-old Lexi McKeon, from Rathfarnham. He was signing the Healthy Ireland Network Charter at an event in Dublin Castle. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times

COVENEY CAMPAIGN: Minister for Housing Simon Coveney at Fine Gael headquarters on Mount Street, Dublin, with Kate O’Connell TD, Minister for Health Simon Harris and supporters, where he announced his run for leadership of the party. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

VARADKAR AMBITIONS: Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe on Leo Street in Dublin, where Mr Varadkar announced his intention to run for the leadership of Fine Gael. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

PETS IN THE CITY: A boxer dog cools down at Smithfield where Pets in the City, organised by Dublin City Council, saw a range of activities for families and their animals. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

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PRISONS REPORT: Tánaiste and Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald with Brian Murphy, Mountjoy Prison governor, at the launch of the Irish Prison Service and Probation Service Annual Report and Strategy for Development of Social Enterprise in the Irish Criminal Justice Sector. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

HSE ALERT: Cyber security alert notice pinned on doors - in the wake of a ransomware attack that began last weekend - as HSE staff work at Dr Steeven’s Hospital in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times

I AM BABA: Commissioned by the four Dublin local authorities and funded by the Arts Council, I Am Baba was presented as a work in development to a small group of babies and parents at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght. Picture shows baby Robyn Howlett (7 months) with her mum Alison Howlett from Citywest. On left is actor Christiane O’Mahony during the performance. Photograph: Maxwells Dublin

REARING UP: A horse rears up as new French president Emmanuel Macron parades in a car on the Champs-Élysées in Paris after his formal inauguration ceremony. Photograph: Michel Euler/AFP/Getty Images

IRAN VOTES: Iranian women queue to vote in presidential and municipal council elections in the city of Qom, south of the capital, Tehran, Iran. Incumbent Hassan Rouhani faces a staunch challenge from a hard-line opponent over his outreach to the West. Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo

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DIASPORA VOTES: Members of the Iranian community in Ireland cast their votes in Iran's presidential election at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dublin. Rehane Amrollahi with her 10-month-old daughter Kowthar, from Cork, is shown casting her vote. Photograph: Kenneth O’Halloran